by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has disclosed that Wilmar International Limited, a Singaporean firm that established a 50, 000 hectare of palm oil plantation in the state (Ibiae Palm Estate) with an investment of 400 million dollars is withdrawing its investment. The governor made the disclosure while addressing youths
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River and Akwa Ibom State Command Comptroller of the Nigerian Customs, Mr. Yekini Atoyebi has said that the first day he visited Tinapa Business and leisure resort he was dazed and wept so badly when he saw how desolate and wasted the place is currently. Mr. Atoyebi who resumed duties in
by crossriverwatch admin The football betting fever seem to be catching young people in Calabar as fast as it has in Lagos and eleswhere in the county with one lucky Cross Riverian, Mr. Godwin Okorn winning for himself the sum of two hundred and nine thousand naira (N209, 000) for staking two hundred naira only
by crossriverwatch admin The senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District in the Upper Chamber, Senator Ben Ayade will on Friday, 1st August, 2014 begin a direct financial intervention program called “Direct Cash Top Up” DICATOP, for his constituents. According to a statement from the Special Assistant to Ayade, the Senator’s focus “falls within the
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State government has suspended the non-compliance levy imposed on cocoa farmers in the state. Accordingly, the State Commissioner for Agriculture, James Aniyom, in a text message made available to some newsmen, directed the immediate suspension of the levy saying, “Director of Produce, please commence the immediate grading of cocoa
by crossriverwatch admin Cocoa shipments from Nigeria’s second-largest grower, Cross River State, have halted in the past week owing to a disagreement over a levy imposed by the state government on exporters who did not use the state’s port to ship their beans, a trade body said. Spokesman for the Cocoa Association of Nigeria, Godwin
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River Internal Revenue Service (IRS) yesterday sealed up the premises of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Channel 9 Calabar for allegedly evading PAYE tax remittance which the Cross River state internal revenue claimed the broadcast station has owed from 2006 to 2012. The sealing up was done in company of
by crossriverwatch admin As part of effort at creating jobs for its teeming youths, Cross River State Government in collaboration with the Federal Government has injected over N1 billion through Microfinance and Enterprise Development Agenda (MEDA), into Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) businesses across the different sectors in the state. Since the inception of